Proclamation No. 26, s. 2010

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• MALACANAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 26

DECLARING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 AS A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN OBSERVANCE OF EID’L FITR (FEAST OF

RAMADHAN)

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9477 declared Eid’ Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan) as a

regular holiday throughout the country;

WHEREAS, Eid’! Fitr is celebrated by the Muslim World for three (3) days after the end of the month of fasting;

• WHEREAS, the main date for the celebration_of Eid’! Fitr for the year 2010 has

been determined to fall on Friday, September 10, 2010;

anding and integration, the entire Filipino

WHEREAS, to promote cultural underst their Muslim brothers and sisters in the

nation should have the full opportunity to join observance and celebration of Eid’! Fitr;

cultural significance of the Eid’l Fitr

WHEREAS, in order to bring the religious and to declare Friday, September 10,

to the fore of national consciousness, it is necessary 2010 as a regular holiday throughout the country.

NOW, THEREFORE, |, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Friday, September 10, 2010 as a regular holiday throughout the country.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, | have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. °

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Ten. va

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/ paAQuito N/OCHOA, JR. \ Executive Secretary _ .

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